So the other day I was watching The Muppets Take Manhattan for the first time in several years. I was going to try my hardest not to get all emotional during Saying Goodbye, and I did pretty good, at least until it showed Fozzie, Scooter and Rowlf hugging and saying goodbye. Then I started thinking about how my best friend is going to be moving out of the country in three months, and yeah... there were several tears on my cheeks by the end of the song.

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Every time I hear Saying Goodbye I cry. I have moved many times and always know I will never see some of my friends again and also I think of loved ones that have passed and all my fur and feather babies that have gone to the rainbow bridge. So I cry and cry with Saying Goodbye. I also cry with Rainbow Connection and I don't care who is singing it. I had to bite my tongue during the last Muppet movie when they sang Rainbow Connection because I would not been able to seen the movie screen through all my tears.

Awww *hugs* That's sweet! And that was actually a really kind of a touching moment. Not just because of what it meant in the movie but because of all the nostalgia and memories wrapped up in all of us old timer fans.

Yeah :/ that can dredge up a whole slew of emotions that you didn't even realize were tied into all of those old songs and characters. I guess that's the thing about fandom. Something that touches you for whatever reason when you are a child, it somehow becomes a part of you. Even when you grow up, it doesn't go away. Inside of you, all of those things you learned and assimilated over time are there....sometimes forgotten or untapped....and then a hint of music or a glimpse of the past can set those memories in motion and before you know it....you might be crying or laughing or staring wistfully....But whatever it is, you feel it all over again.

Of course it isn't, but Mr. Jim Henson wouldn't want everyone to brood about that day. He'd want to know his legacy was carried on....with smiles and music and zaniness. So snap out it it, girl! Or ELSE!

It's still ok to be sad...anyways I don't wanna derail the subject here so... I think another tear jerking moment probably the last episode of the muppet show. Maybe not tear jerking but still sad noneoftheless.